| Abstract: | A review of some problems of electrostatic waves in dusty plasmas is presented. It is concluded that in the most models of waves in dusty plasmas, the charge numbers of the ions and dusty grains are supposed to be constant. Besides most of the studies are elated to linear waves in collisionless systems. It is shown that even if the dynamics of dusty grains is not considered in the models, the physical processes causing wave dissipation have to be taken into account. The existing nonlinear models are mostly one‐dimensional ones. It is summarized that in dusty plasmas various types of nonlinear stationary structures may exist, and that these structures differ from the nonlinear structures found in ionospheric plasmas without dust. The nonlinear electrostatic stuctures seem to be observable in ionospheric, solar or interplanetary plasmas. |
